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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Sep 22;21(1):10–28. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.141

Table 1.

Molecular and Cellular1 Substrates of Schizophrenia, Organized by System

Neurotransmission
Dopamine
D2 Receptor
D1 Receptor
Homovanillic acid
Tyrosine hydroxylase
5HT2A receptor
Glutamate
NMDA Receptor
Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDAR 2A (GRIN2A)
Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, AMPA 1 (GRIA1)
Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (ARC) signaling complex
Glutamine
GABA
GAD67
Parvalbumin (PV)
Kv3.1
KCNS3
Somatostatin
Cholecystokinin
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)
Potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 13 (KCTD13)
Contactin 4 (CNTN4)
P21 protein-activated kinase 6 (PAK6)
Neuroligin 4, X-linked (NLGN4X)
Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISCI)
P21 protein-activated kinase 7 (PAK7)
N-thylmaleimide sensitive factor (NSF)
Synapsin II (SYN2)
Dendritic Spines
White matter-associated connectivity
Proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1)
Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG)
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)
oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 (OLIG2)
Neuregulin-1 (NRG1)
Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB4 (ERBB4)
reticulon 4 (RTN4/NOGO)
Cyclic-nucleotide-3′-phosphodiesterase (CNP1)
Akyrin-3 (ANK3)
Zinc finger binding protein 804A (ZNF804A)
L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel CAV1.2 (CACNA1C)
MicroRNA-137 (MIR137)
Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1)
Myelin
Node of Ranvier
Oligodendrocytes
Immune/inflammatory response and oxidative stress
IL-1β
IL-2
IL-6
TNF-α
soluble IL-2 receptor
IL-12
IFN-γ
IL-8
Translocator protein (TSPO)
Major histocompability complex (MHC)
Glutathione (GSH)
Microsomal glutathione S -transferase 1 (MGST1)
Superoxide dismutase (SOD)
Catalase
Inflammation
Oxidative stress
Microglia
T Cells
Macrophages
Endocrine system
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); proACTH
Corticosterone; Cortisol
Glucocorticoids; Glucocorticoid receptors
Estradiol
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
Metabolic cascades
Glucose
Insulin; proinsulin
Akt
Leptin
Ghrelin
Apolipoprotein1
Melanocortin 4 receptor
5HT2C receptor
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Cellular substrates appear in italics